Westward/ Gilded Age Exam Review

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An act that removed Indian land from tribal possession, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families to encourage assimilation

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Dawes Act

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Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

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Homestead Act

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Founder of Standard Oil, used ruthless business tactics to force competitors out of business. Created a monopoly

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JD Rockefeller

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A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.

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Andrew Carnegie

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What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

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assimilation / americanization

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Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age? Options: The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation. Industrialists used their connection with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power. In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry. Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations.

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Industrialists used their connection with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

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Which application of a new technology can attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison? Options: Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances, Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night, Diesel engines were used in production of airplanes, Sonar technology was used to track submarines

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Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night

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The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the:

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increased need to protect worker interests

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The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.

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